0:04Skip to 0 minutes and 4 secondsNow adjectives also have different forms in the forms of comparatives and superlatives. First, let's see what we are discussing. "Moai, moaier, moaist." "Goed, better, bêst." "Lekker, lekkerder, lekkerst." "Grut, grutter, grutst." "Lyts, lytser, lytst." Adjectives can be used to construct the regular form of the comparative and superlative. To construct a comparative from an adjective, -er is added. "Moai, moaier".

2:00Skip to 2 minutes and 0 secondsMost expensive. However, some Frisian comparative and superlative forms are irregular. Here are some examples. "Folle, mear, meast." "Goed, better, bêst." "Graach, leaver, leafst." "Min, minder, minst." In some cases, an -e is added to a comparative or superlative. The rules for adding the -e are the same as with adjectives.

3:05Skip to 3 minutes and 5 secondsHere are some examples from the dialogues. "Dat makket it lekkerder." That makes it tastier. "Oare kear better." Next time it'll be better. "Miskien in bytsje mear sâlt?" Maybe a wee bit more salt? "Folle grutter." Much bigger. "Dy sliepkeamer is wat lytser." That bedroom is a bit smaller.

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Comparatives and superlatives

Adjectives are used to construct the regular form of the comparative and superlative.

Construction of the comparative

To construct a comparative from an adjective -er is added.

moai - moaiergrut - grutter

When an adjective ends in -r, the ending -der is added

lekker - lekkerderdjoer - djoerder

Construction of the superlative

To construct a superlative from an adjective -st is added.

moai - moaistgrut - grutst

lekker - lekkerstdjoer - djoerst

Irregular forms

Some Frisian comparative and superlative forms are irregular.

For example:

folle - mear - meast

many - more - most

goed - better - bêst

good - better - best

graach - leaver - leafst

like to - like more - like best

min - minder - minst

bad - worse - worst

In some cases an -e is added to a comparative or superlative. The rules for adding the -e are the same as with adjectives.